Zurich 4, Geneva 3 The Zurich Lions busted an 11-game losing streak by taking a train 280 kilometers to the west and beating their Swiss cousins in Geneva. Zurich scored twice in the last 9 minutes to get the win. Big defenseman Barrett Jackman sent a wrist shot into a crowd in front of the…
This is an abbreviated report. It seems weekends are more difficult for me to update (Commish Chuck). Oslo 3, Moscow 2 On only their second powerplay chance, the Devils made good on it, getting a goal from Marc Andre Bergeron that won it for them in the third period. Moscow’s best player was Michal Handzus,…
The Madrid Royals and defensive-minded coach Dan Bylsma have a new best defensive asset thanks to a trade with Athens, giving up Michal Neuvirth, Nick Johnson and a first round draft pick to get it. Madrid acquired goaltender Tomas Vokoun, a 35-year-old earning $1.5 million this year, the final year of his contract. The Royals…
Bratislava 7, Munich 3 Jonathan Quick may have won the L.A. Kings a Stanley Cup in his last gig, but on Friday, the third overall pick in the EURO draft was awful. Quick stopped 9 shots the whole game against Bratislava and let 7 pucks get past him for goals. If coach Glen Gulutzan didn’t…
Paris 5, Zurich 4 The Zurich Lions wanted to impress new owner CristoWall and put 48 shots on Paris goalie Jose Theodore, but there were just too many Swiss misses, as Les Rouges Eiffels emerged with a one-goal win. Michael Ryder had 10 shots himself to lead everyone in the game, but he managed just…
Dublin 3, Bratislava 2 Dublin was the Fighting, Scratching, Clawing, Slashing and Spearing Irish on Wednesday, as they tried every method known to man to keep the Eagles from their 14th consecutive win. Bratislava didn’t commit any penalties in the game, but it’s probably because they didn’t have time. It seemed they were always trying…
Prague 5, Bern 3 Prague took down the mighty Bern Bears, and Bryan Little was their biggest player. Little scored a hat trick and one was one of 4 Sparta forwards who had 6 shots on goal. Prague ended up outshooting Bern 39-28. Bear star Jason Spezza had a tough go of it, getting an…
Frankfurt 3, Berlin 2 Claude Giroux took a Steven Stamkos pass and with a lightning fast release, beat Mika Kiprusoff to give the Inferno a 1-0 lead over the Smurfs in the first period. It worked so well, Stamkos and Giroux did it again in the second period. And when Yannick Weber scored his second…
Bern 6, Madrid 2 Madrid outshot Bern 39-32 but lost by 4 goals. The line of Henrik Zetterberg, Jason Spezza and Radim Vrbata did the most damage, with Zetterberg scoring two times. Spezza and Ray Whitney, who are now the league’s top two scorers, each had 3 assists. Sergei Gonchar and Jeff Carter of Madrid…
Belfast 1, Moscow 0 Cory Schneider was spectacular in net for the Giants Saturday, stopping all 38 Moscow shots to earn his first EURO League shutout in 14 games. Schneider now has a goals against average of 3.03 and has a save percentage of 91.9, which places him third in the league in that category…
